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MAY FOX is in very deed the "grand old lady of yetthe memory of this "grand old i 1 . - ' - a L ,. - ii- ' 4. - - Of - --- - i ,,' b, -- ry,:-.----- , , - -- -- , ' fi of through a monument In a the form of It is song. ' ,'' , , ' ,,,fe And she won't be offended the MI A theme song, "Carry On." w -4 , ' , ,t i.,, t , , 4 She wrote the words of this stirring ,., by the term "old lady" for next Mon- 4 "-.1..4 ,' ' song for an M IA conference meeting day, Nov. 16, she will celebrate her in the Tabernacle in 1930. Its stirring 100th birthday. o' , , r , ' ,. - ' , ', to this remarkable person is message and challenge to the Youth of Age IA( ,. the Church has been and always will be ,s 'Iok, o,0,400'. ' ' just a matter of years anyway. As she In years to come a source of ' w . ', unusual mark 4 this century approaches t , 4.. i ' 7 inspiration. she is and alert , mentally physically I , 'tic: - with a great capacity to enjoy life and ,: :,...... , 'Spirit of a Soot , , , all that It offers. ' ; , ' ,,., There is a spirit of grandeur and "".11,4 of ,, ' 1 'f....,i .. , She goes about her home, cares ,,, , nobility', characteristic of Mrs. Fox in ,o- t -' ,' and., every day is full of the,words oL this ,song: f ... -,activity. She Is alert to all the prob- - ' - 4, Firm as the mountains around us. , , , 4111tio lems about her and has keen Interest , Stalwart' and brav.e we sLand, in her familynow numbering som1 A , honor and virtuei- - - fe- .,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,..,..,,.,,r..,.....---The-rock-oOf in faith the living God, , a m on g them. raised His banner triumphant, They of the a Past HONORED SPEAKERAs Young , general listens she without president fail, day, , Over the desert sod. Women's Mutual Improvement Association, Ruth May Fox is to radio news brpadcasts. She "reads" - And we hear the desert singing, s Salt in - presented to a conference of M I A workers assembled the ks .0 being the , , constantlyher , , cam on, carry 9a, carry on, . Lake Tabernacle by Pres. Bertha S. Reeder. available for her talking . Holding aloft our colors, machine . , , , We march in the glorious dawn. , When she WAS 90 years old Mrs. Fox , , I, k ...,. 1, 3 s' nAhl..., ',VV.. "i ',.;:,.. 4,,,,s,,, wItl,K ,Itr'N,...i.ANA . 0' youth of the noble birthright, .: ,,, ' , . feared she ' l' ''' li,' , ' e'"...'"' ' would lose her eyesight '. A', Carry on, carry on, carry on." ., which had been failing at that time. , , She is one of the fast diminishing ' Not wishing to spend idle years, unable ,' ,,t,s a ,', , - ' t . whose lives bridge the now to see a or she took of ''''read, up study ,.. ' widening gap between the true pio- Braille. Her alert mind and remarkable neer era and the present day. She memory enabled her Co progress rap-' ' tt way-but-1,.' ,:. , most i 44;4- l years of age when she idlybi ' . walked all the way across the plains i of done means is of , her k..-.,i the' by , reading . . ,. . . ''I'',-from the Missouri River to the Great records with :which she became ac- , e I 41,,e, . ' I., . Salt Lake Valley. With- her father and Braille.----- ' '''' ' studies of her 4 during 111- .:quainted : 1 ''' e , other loved ones she arrived in the now she life of is the t "reading Right ' P . t , , ,ts iL. ' , valley in the twilight of an October George Washington. , , . . in 1861 Her first reaction evening . Casts Her Ballot . was one of disappointment, but when ' tn Believing it is everyone's duty ' she looked over the valley in the day- x- ' t 2'4 discharge their civic responsibility, . Mrs. Fox cast her ballot in the city , light the next day she fell in love with it. The mountains and valleys have election last week. She's been doing ,k,,,, t S ' been the inspiration for much of bet .,, that every election for many, many 1. ' 4.. poetry and Prose. . . .4 0 v:,1, , .1, own votes , She t her ; years. ..., convictions, . Switzerland alert-to-th- e To ,' i '.,a issues-of the . being , layrand , ' . A , t,.... I , very recent bit of verse from her 4 desiring always to - have good- men ,,,, . ( l' to office. versatile mind was written in August tt,, , There are many remarkable things " of this year, following the dedication 4 ' , ) about this most unusual woman. Per-- J1 of the site for a new temple in Switzer- -is her strong testi- - , - land. She wrote: lisps '. - . - - - mony outstanding of the divine' calling of Joseph : "Beloved Saints in Switzerland, Smith as a Prophet of God Added to , Think not your faith is vain; this is her extreme loyalty and devo-Your noble deeds and kindly worda . to lion the Church of Jesus Christ of h ' ' , Give luster to your name. Latter-daAvard FOE, rosTrRmrRula Mayarox poses-witFairbanks, Saints to which she has , devoted her lifetime. artist, who is at work on a bust of the "grand old lady" which will 'You've dreamed fond dreams in ' When her life's course is runand Switzerland-ultimately have a place of honor among notables ot the Church. ' 4 , 1 t -- - , Is,V ' ,--- ---- ------ - - - Ars , a - , - - I the honor is a deserving one. , .5' - , - - - ' - - , - - r 7 -- - .. , ., ., II- ;, '', --- , - , - J , , T , . ,4. . . - : ' 'I - 1 , , . r ' - -- - , , ' - sR '. . . . , AqK . , , , , '- - , ,-- . y . |
